DS Daily - 11th March 2010 |
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Reaching Out
Understanding the health attitudes of harder to reach groups in the North West [Our Life, UK]
Road to Recovery: 'I have got a future now'
Susan, 33, from Cambuslang, is a volunteer with the Scottish Drugs Forum in Lanarkshire. She was among a group of recovering drug addicts who met the Minister for Community Safety, Fergus Ewing, when he visited the Lanarkshire Alcohol and Drug Partnership [BBC, UK]
We are winning war on drugs, say police
The war on drugs is being won by Swindon Police after a number of successful raids [This is Wiltshire, UK]
Ban Meow Meow says drug taker
The Government need to act and it should be classified as at least a Class B drug.
That way dealers would be stopped from selling it on the internet. That would stop this craze in its tracks [The Sun, UK]
Whyte & Mackay accused of ‘blackmail’ over alcohol Bill
Whisky giant Whyte and Mackay has been warned it cannot “hold the government to ransom” after it claimed the SNP’s alcohol minimum pricing plans could force it to close its bottling plant, with the loss of hundreds of job [Times, UK]
Apology over drink price claims
Leading whisky supplier Whyte & Mackay has said it is sorry if it misled anyone over the case it made against minimum drink pricing [BBC, UK]
Quit smoking with the help of your mobile
A new iPhone app that helps people to stop smoking was launched today [Department of Health, UK]
Self-regulation of alcohol sales is working, says Ahern
Retailers who fail to adhere to rules on the sale and display of alcohol could lose their licence to sell such drink under legal changes proposed by Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern [The Irish Times]
Ongoing dialogue between EMCDDA and Canadian partners
Delegates from the EMCDDA and the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) met in Vienna this week in the context of ongoing dialogue to outline potential areas of cooperation [EMCDDA]
VA Faces Challenges in Providing Substance Use Disorder Services
And Is Taking Steps to Improve These Services for Veterans - Summary [GAO, USA]
The media straight up
Critical thinking skills for Pennysylvania's youth [Drug Free Pennysylvania, USA]
Corey Haim's Death Highlights Difficulty of Addiction Recovery
Beating Addiction an Unending Battle, Experts Say [abc News, USA]
Medical marijuana at risk - video
Opponents target medical marijuana in Colorado, putting a budding industry at risk [CNN, USA]
Cannabis and mental health - schools resource
A new schools resource has been developed to assist teachers in discussing issues around cannabis use and mental health [Victorian State Government, Department of Health, Australia]
Indigenous Dual Diagnosis Training Project
Training Evaluation Report [Victorian Dual Diagnosis Initiative, Australia]
Drink drivers to pay for alcohol `interlocks' in cars
Drink drivers would be forced to pay to have breath-testing devices fitted to their cars under new Queensland laws, Premier Anna Bligh said yesterday [The Australian]
CND Day 3
Committee of the Whole afternoon session on Universal Access resolution [CND Blog]
CND Day 3
I doubt that the purpose of the HIV response is to promote human rights [IHRA]
Russian drug czar says methadone treatment is possible
The head of the Russian government delegation stated that methadone treatment is not effective - but there is a possibility to do that in Russia [Drug Reporter, Hungary]
HIV/AIDS epidemic in Eastern Europe to be under spotlight at Vienna AIDS conference
The rapidly growing HIV/AIDS epidemic in Eastern Europe, fuelled primarily by unsafe injecting drug use, will be a topic under the spotlight at the VIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010), to be held in Vienna in July [UNODC]
Drug abuse is problem among Afghan police recruits
Drug abuse is a big problem in Afghanistan's police force, with four of every 10 recruits testing positive for illicit substances in some areas, said a report by the investigative arm of the U.S. Congress [Washington Post, USA]